Scott Scher | Seattle Real Estate Lawyer

Mr.Scher has practiced commercial and residential real estate law since 1988.  He is also a licensed Washington State real estate broker.  

Mr. Scher's practice includes negotiating and drafting commercial and residential purchase and sale agreements, financing agreements for buyer and sellers, and loan workouts and debt modifications for investors and lending institutions.  He has also been appointed by the Washington courts and lending institutions to manage and sell commercial and residential real estate and related real estate loans.

Credentials:

• Rated AV (Highest Rating) by Martindale-Hubbell National Attorney Rating Service

• Named one of Seattle Metropolitan Magazine's "Top Lawyers"

• Member of American Arbitration Association Panel of Neutrals for Commercial Mediation and Arbitration

• Licensed Washington State real estate broker

• Member of the Northwest Multiple Listing Service Arbitration and Disciplinary Panel

• King County Superior Court Arbitrator under the Court's Mandatory Arbitration Program

• Member of State of Washington Foreclosure Mediation Panel   

• Admitted to the bar of the United States Supreme Court

Representative Transactions:

• Negotiated sale of a $17 Million multi-use commercial real estate project
 
• Negotiated sale of a $3.7 Million industrial real estate project

• Negotiated $3.0 Million apartment loan workout with institutional lender   

• Negotiated the purchase and sale of residential, condominium, apartment, and commercial real estate

• Drafted seller financed lending agreements for $1.2 Million Seattle apartment sale

• Court appointed receiver for commercial properties throughout the State of Washington

Position	Organization	Location	Duration
Partner	Partner at Sternberg Thomson Okrent & Scher, PLLC		1996-Present

School	Degree	Major	Graduation
Seattle University School of Law		Law School	N/A
Southern California Marshall School of Business	N/A		N/A

State / Court
United States Supreme Court
United States District Court, Western District of Washington
Washington

• Panel of of Neutrals for Commercial Mediation and Arbitration, American Arbitration Association (2010–present)
  
  Member of the Arbitration and Disciplinary Panel, Northwest Multiple Listing Service         
  
  King County Superior Court Arbitrator - Mandatory Arbitration, King County Superior Court         
  
  Foreclosure Mediation Panel, State of Washington
          
  President of Board and Board Member, NW Folklife (1997–2009)
  
  Member Broker, Northwest Multiple Listing Service
          
  Member Broker, Commercial Brokers Association
  
  

• Seattle Metropolitan Magazine's "Top Lawyers," Seattle Metropolitan Magazine
  
  Rated AV (Highest Rating, Martindale-Hubbell National Attorney Rating Service
  
  

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